Press Box: IN BRIEF

In Brief

February 07, 2008

*BASEBALL: The Yankees got back the results of Robinson Cano's physical and were likely to finalize the second baseman's four-year, $30 million contract Thursday ... Kelvim Escobar, an 18-game winner last season, has a sore shoulder that will limit him at the beginning of spring training. The Angels said the 31-year-old right-hander was rehabbing in Tempe, Ariz. Pitchers and catchers are to report Wednesday. ... Outfielder Bobby Kielty, who homered for the Red Sox in the clinching game of last year's World Series, agreed to a minor-league contract with Boston.

*BOXING: Shane Mosley's former strength and conditioning coach, Derryl Hudson, has filed a defamation lawsuit over statements the boxer made that the coach gave him steroids without his knowledge. Hudson insists he "never gave, pushed, recommended or in any way made the defendant take the banned substances," according to the suit filed in Los Angeles.

*TENNIS: Andy Roddick has had nothing but success against Austria's top two players, and that should give the United States the edge in the first round of the Davis Cup. Roddick, who helped the Americans win their 32nd Davis Cup title in December, is 4-0 against Stefan Koubek and 6-0 against Jurgen Melzer.